byu's dancing by reaching conf ch game. However, 'til dr has the
light miraculously come on and decides D is vitally mandatory to incorporate
into his system, it would literally require a series miracles to occur for them
to ever seriously threaten a deep Tourney run.

It's comparable
to how it inevitably ended up annually in the playoffs for my SUNS under
D'Antoni. Offensive fireworks pleasing our fanbase during the reg seas,
yet ultimately forced to bow down before the impenetrable D of the spurs come
playoff time.

"D wins championships!"

Just simply
have the den broncos verify it for U, if you still remain unconvinced!

Incessantly cherry picking compliments in various national services and turning
them into headlines in the DN is not beneficial to byu sports and misleading to
it's fans. Yes byu is on a roll going into their conference tournament and
everyone agrees that they are a favorite to reach the finals, but we all know
that Gonzaga is still the favorite to win the tournament.

"we all know that Gonzaga is still the favorite to win the
tournament."

Source? Just because you state it, doesn't
mean it is a fact. Please give evidence to support your claim that Gonzaga is
still the favorite. If you can't provide published articles that support
your claim, then please retract it.

Cherry picking compliments is
certainly better than having no sources at all.

Yes, I'm being totally realistic. And for the
reasons outlined and explained in my previous comment. Those reasons are all
objective and true. So yes, I am being real. Very real. It's you who has
not backed up your obviously biased anti-BYU sentiment with any reasoning
whatsoever. As such, it appears many more readers agree with my stance
than with yours.

Well, anything can happen in a conference tournament. Look at last night's
LMU victory. They really had no business beating Portland. But Portland decided
to turn the ball over 20+ times. Merry Christmas. LMU is short, short-handed,
and not a great outside shooting team. But if BYU handles the ball like Portland
did, the Cougs may be one and done. In the other side of the bracket, Gonzaga
has shown it is vulnerable this year. The Zags apparently don't match up
well against San Diego. It will be fun to see how it all shakes out. Who knows?
San Diego vs. LMU in the final? Nah.